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The first PIRE Neural Mechanisms of Reward & Decision Annual Retreat and Assessment Activity was held on September 2-3, 2016.  It was attended by our External Advisory Committee: Dr. Marina Wolf (Rosalind Franklin University), Dr. Jesus Angulo (Hunter College, CCNY), and Dr. Rhanor Gillette (University of Illinois).  PIRE students reported their scientific accomplishments and cultural experiences with oral presentations and posters.  Thanks to everyone who contributed to this important activity.  

Congratulations to the Rosenthal lab for their new publication in the prestigious journal Nucleic Acids Research. Dr. María Fernanda Montiel-González and Isabel Vallecillo-Viejo were co-first authors on the article: An efficient system for selectively altering genetic information within mRNAs. ¡ Enhorabuena !

A paper by Francheska Delgado-Peraza, Carlos Nogueras-Ortiz and Guillermo Yudowski, “Mechanisms of Biased β-Arrestin-Mediated Signaling Downstream from the Cannabinoid 1 Receptor” was in the top 10 viewed articles for April in the journal Molecular Pharmacology!

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Institute personnel received three Occupational Safety and Health training sessions on June 9, 2016: Institutional Chemical Hygeine, HAZCOM 2012 - Global Harmonization System, and Storage and Disposal of Dangerous Chemical Waste.  Yolanda Rodrígues, M.S.

In this photo, first author Francheska Delgado-Peraza models recent advances in protective labwear. Congratulations to the Yudowski group !

Mechanisms of Biased β-Arrestin-Mediated Signaling Downstream from the Cannabinoid 1 Receptor. Delgado-Peraza F, Ahn KH, Nogueras-Ortiz C, Mungrue IN, Mackie K, Kendall DA, Yudowski GA.
Mol Pharmacol. 2016 Jun;89(6):618-29.

A collaboration between the Miller lab and Dr. Mohamed Habib, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Cairo Egypt, was recently awarded a grant from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.  The grant will provide three years of support for their project  “A Neurobiological Approach to Vector Control for Intestinal Schistosomiasis".

Dr. Amelia Merced was accepted to the prestigious Quantitative Fluorescence Microscopy course at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory in Salisbury Cove, Maine. Amelia was awarded a fellowship to travel to this one-week intensive workshop, May 20-27.  Enhorabuena Amelia !!!

Dr. Joshua Rosenthal's presentation at the American Geophysical Union's Ocean Sciences Meeting was reported by ScienceNews:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/corals-need-take-their-vitamin-c

Institute graduate student Solymar Rolón Martínez spent five weeks at the National Institute of Parasitic Diseases (NIPD), Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Shanghai, PRC. Her work forms part of a collaboration with Dr. Mohamed Habib (lower left), Theodor Bilharz Research Institute (TBRI), Cairo, Egypt, and Professor Xiao-Nong Zhou, Director, NIPD. Solymar was supported by the Neural Mechanisms of Reward and Decision program, National Science Foundation (NSF) Partnerships in International Research and Education (PIRE).